Singer and reality star K. Michelle became famous for her voice and was admired for her bodacious backside. Men wanted to get with her and women wanted to be her. But she quickly regretted her decision to have the butt implants because they started to interfere with her health. She then publicly began the process of removing her curvaceous backside, which she nicknamed “Betsy.” Initially, she shared that the implants were just a trend fueled by her own insecurity. Later, in a sit down with Dr. Oz, 2018, K. Michelle talked about her butt implant removal.
On the show, the singer’s doctor, Dr. Michael Niccole, said he was only able to remove 40 percent of the injections, as it would be impossible to remove them all.
Dr. Oz revealed what the injections looked like, pointing to a small sphere the size of a pea.
“Can you all see that? That little ball there, that’s not how big it was, when it was injected. It’s almost the size of my nail,” Dr. Oz said.
Thousands of pellets were injected into the singer’s bottom, and expanded like “a sponge,” the doctors explained. Dr. Oz also added that they could be carcinogenic which could lead to all types of cancers later in life.
Recently in 2021, the singer was on video dancing (see below) and tried to adjust herself, shifting her body so her behind couldn't longer be seen on camera.
But internet viewers took to their social media stating how they saw it looked like parts of her butt were falling out and she had to pat it back in or lift it up.
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In a series of tweets, K. Michelle went to explain what really happened.
"So the video of me dancing is sad that I even have 2explain," shares K. Michelle via her Twitter. "I walked y’all through how difficult this process of removing silicone from my body for 3YEARS/16 surgeries Did we not forget I almost died due 2this?????? Now I’m in the process of 3 reconstruction steps."
"What u saw in the video was a happy woman with a faja and my extra fat! I’ve been very open so I can heal ladies. I didn’t have to tell anybody and I could’ve covered up until the process was done, but NO. Ladies need to see and hear the truth. I decided to use my platform to help."
"I haven't bothered anyone I've been out of the way so What I don't understand is what was the purpose or what was so entertaining about a woman FINALLY being able 2walk again with EXTRA fat from the removal. I saw the comments and of course, it was Black women filled with so much hate."
"I got on live yesterday and didn’t care that I wasn’t perfect, I knew I had excessive fat leftover but I said FUCK it I’m not going to hide nothing in my house. I don’t think people truly understand I’m just happy to be alive. I’ve come so far with this and I’m proud of myself."
K. Michelle is not alone. There have been a growing number of women that have had risky butt surgeries. According to the 2019 report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), butt implants and lifts are the fastest-growing types of plastic surgery in the United States.
What Happens When Butt Implants are Removed?
Butt augmentation with fat grafting — taking unwanted fat from one area like the stomach and adding it to the backside — was the hottest growing segment, surging 19 percent with 24,099 procedures, according to the annual report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The previous record was 20,301 a year earlier. That's nearly a 5,000 increase and growing.
Patients whose butt implants are causing them problems or just don’t look right can have them surgically removed. Possible problems that butt implant removal can solve include infection, implant extrusion, asymmetry, nerve compression, capsular contracture (a hard capsule of scar tissue around the implant), and shifting.
The surgery takes about an hour. It’s usually performed as an outpatient procedure (meaning you’ll be able to leave afterward) in a hospital or surgicenter, under general anesthesia. You’ll be groggy when you wake up, so be sure to have someone there to take you home.
Once you’re fully unconscious, your surgeon will make incisions in the same sites that were used for the insertion. Then they’ll remove your implants, leaving the capsule of scar tissue that naturally forms around them.
Once the implants are removed, the incisions will be sutured closed. Drains will likely be put in to remove excess fluid buildup during recovery. Even with drains added, about 20% of patients go on to form a seroma, says Dr. Stanton. “These seromas aren’t dangerous, but they may require needle aspiration anywhere from one to five times,” says Dr. Ryan Stanton, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California.
If you’ve had large implants in place for several years and your skin doesn’t have great elasticity, you may have sagging afterward. This can be corrected with a butt lift.
Many patients have very little or no sagging after buttock implant removal. Sagging is more likely when the patient has had relatively large implants placed on top of, instead of under, the gluteus maximus muscle, the patient has had implants in for more than five years, and the patient is more than 50 years old.
Other experts agree that if the implants were in for six months or more, there’s usually a permanent expansion of the tissues, with some permanent increase in buttock size despite the implants being removed.
Alternative Options to Butt Implants
Other options to resculpt and improve the contour of your derriere include having a butt lift with autoprosthesis augmentation, says Dr. Frank Agullo, a plastic surgeon in El Paso, Texas to RealSelf. During this procedure, the buttocks are lifted, and your own tissue is rearranged to increase volume.
You could also have a Brazilian butt lift (or BBL). This procedure takes fat from other areas of your body, via liposuction, and reinjects it just beneath the skin of your buttocks. Just keep in mind that BBLs are the riskiest type of plastic surgery, so be sure to find a board-certified plastic surgeon who understands the latest safety protocols.
